GAM Esports vs. Rainbow7 Prediction on October 13, 2023

Match info

Play-ins of the League of Legends World Championship 2023 (also known as LoL Worlds 2023) are still ongoing. Round 1’s game “for life“ between GAM Esports and Rainbow7 is up next. The teams will compete against one another in Group A on Friday, October 13 at 4 p.m. local time at LoL Park in Seoul, Korea. The winner still has a chance to move on to the second round of the preliminaries, while the loser will be deprived of all hope to qualify for the greatest eSports event there is.

Meeting statistics

We’re attempting to predict which side, GAM Esports or Rainbow7, will perform better (and get luckier) and advance further in Play-Ins Worlds 2023, and who’ll have to bid farewell to the illustrious competition before they’ve even warmed up their engines properly. Ready?

The current form of GAM Esports

We begin our analysis of the game by reviewing GAM Esports’ performance. The Vietnamese team is assigned number one in this game, i.e. they are nominal hosts. The advantage of GAM Esports is also being emphasized by every single LoL bookmaker on the Internet. The likelihood of GAM being victorious is less than 1.50 portrayed in betting odds. Despite these figures being a pretty neutral signal on the favorite, they make GAM’s edge obvious. And we concur no questions asked.

With five regional split victories and several top-2 home league championships, GAM Esports is one of the most decorated teams in Vietnam. They had a very excellent performance in the playoffs in the competition that preceded the Worlds 2023, which was VCS Dawn 2023, winning the group 14-0 in the series. GAM performed admirably in the playoffs, losing a total of four maps across three series.

The Vietnamese region (VCS) is exceptionally strong. As seen by GAM Esports displays in Worlds 2017, 2019, and even Worlds 2022, teams from there are capable of competing against the greatest League of Legends clubs in the world. GAM’s 2017 performance was still their best on a global scale. At the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational, they placed in the top-6 at that time.

They must defeat Rainbow7 in the upcoming match if they hope to replicate their result from 2017. Everything appears to be set up for it to occur. According to VCS criteria, GAM is doing amazing things, as seen by the club’s performance at home. The current members of the lineup, however, were unable to assist GAM in defeating the more prestigious Golden Guardians, whom they faced in the opening round of the Play-Ins MSI 2023 tournament when the team fell short without putting up a proper fight.

Overall, GAM Esports had a pretty poor MSI 2023 experience. The Vietnamese humiliatingly exited the competition at the top 12 after losing in the first round and surprisingly falling to Rainbow7 in the lower bracket opening. Thanks to a victory at home in VCS Dusk 2023, they qualified for Worlds 2023. With a score of 3-1, they handily defeated Team Whales in the tournament championship match.

At the Worlds 2023 Play-Ins, GAM Esports faced off against LOUD in the opening match. The top Brazilian club defeated GAM with little trouble: 2-0. Fiora and Wukong, who each had three bouts with 100% victories, are GAM Esports’ most successful characters. The first is employed in the top line and the second in the forest.

The current form of Rainbow7

The match analysis is continued by digging deeper into Rainbow7’s performance. The Mexican team is positioned as number two in this game, i.e. they are nominal visitors. The bookmakers don’t trust R7. Their odds of winning are quite high in figures, at some places they are nearly 3.00.

In this game, R7 will attempt to catch up. The reason is simply that R7 is residing in the Minor region, which is LatAm, and they are not capable of competing against the representatives of Vietnam, as well as any other top-level teams. It has nothing to do with the players’ skills or any other game-related factors but only with their non-competitive region. Under the South American quota, Rainbow7 qualified for Worlds 2023. The Mexican team, which featured no Mexican players on its roster, enjoyed a great home season, finishing in the top spot in both the LLA Opening 2023 and LLA Closing 2023 tournaments after defeating Six Karma 3-2 and Estra Esports 3-0 in the finals, respectively.

Raibow7 have won awards at the regional level in addition to having played at MSI. After lineup adjustments at the Long Season, they were able to get there this year. By being among the top 11 there, they, as predicted, showed their talent. The third competition in the series for the Mexican club is Worlds 2023. In 2017 and 2020, Rainbow7 participated in the year’s main LoL tournament, and both times they placed in the top 20. Although it’s difficult to believe, there’s only a little possibility that the previous placement can be fixed now.

In the opening game of the Worlds 2023, R7 faced PSG Talon. The strongest squad in Group A and a championship contender easily defeated the Mexican club with a score of 2-0.

Sejuani is the most well-liked champion of Rainbow7; in six matches, she reached an 83% victory rate.

Head-to-head encounters

The teams have faced off against one another once. This year in May at MSI, R7 prevailed 2-1.

Match analytics

Play-ins appear to be rather straightforward thus far, as every match appears to have been determined even before the Long Run. The same is true for this one. R7 can’t possibly threaten GAM Esports, in our opinion.

So, GAM triumphing with a Correct score – 2:0 at odds of 2.71 on Rolletto is what we’d bet.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. GAM Esports vs. Rainbow7 2:0